An Israeli air strike in central Gaza killed a Palestinian militant planning a terrorist attack on the Egypt border, the IDF Spokesperson said on Thursday.According to Palestinian medical officials, two men were killed as they were traveling on a main Gaza road on Thursday. The car in which the two were traveling went up in flames on the crowded Omar al-Mukhtar street, medical officials said. Palestinians reported several more casualties as a result of the explosion.
According to the witnesses and paramedics, it was the first Israeli strike inside Gaza City since the three-week Gaza war in 2008-2009.
The IDF Spokesperson confirmed that an Israeli air strike was carried out in the central Gaza Strip. According to the statement, the IDF strike was a targeted hit on a militant in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade who plotted to commit terror attacks against Israeli citizens and security forces along the Israel-Egypt border.
The IDF Spokesperson identified the other Palestinian killed as a militant working in the northern Gaza Strip.